Short Coco Taxi ride from Vedado to Playa

In this February 2016 clip, Rick from ricksteves.com tries a Coco Taxi along with his partner Trish and son Andy. Their coco taxi driver, Emma, zipped them (as if in a coconut shell on a motorcycle) over the Almendares river in Havana. A 15-minute ride with Emma cost about $5 CUC.

They’re just passing by the famous Fabrica de Arte de la Habana where many locals and tourists go in the night to enjoy good music.

If you want to try and do the same, this is the exact route they followed:

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